"But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day."

-- Alan Watts

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“We stand for organized terror - this should be frankly admitted. Terror is an absolute necessity during times of revolution. Our aim is to fight against the enemies of the Soviet Government and of the new order of life. We judge quickly. In most cases only a day passes between the apprehension of the criminal and his sentence. When confronted with evidence criminals in almost every case confess; and what argument can have greater weight than a criminal's own confession.”
“The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top.”
“I am more vintage than I am high fashion.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.”
“To be well informed, one must read quickly a great number of merely instructive books. To be cultivated, one must read slowly and with a lingering appreciation the comparatively few books that have been written by men who lived, thought, and felt with style.”
“Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.”
“You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.”
“Playing well with others isn't all it's cracked up to be.”

Source : Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.303, Macmillan

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